“You shouldn’t have cleaned that coin – you rubbed half the price off…” Do you know how to clean finds? Let’s take a look at one example: an amazing transformation of the item from rusty metal piece into a real Viking axe. The key point is that you shouldn’t rap your find against a shovel right after digging it up, and everything is going to be alright. Continue reading
There is a category ‘Gold finds’ in this blog. I made it exclusively to increase my own motivation – if once I see the posts from this category, with a great many gold items unearthed, I will immediately cheer myself up to go on a hunt… Supposing you found a jawbone with gold teeth, what would you do with it? Would you take it to a police station or keep it at home? Continue reading
Want to know which metal detector is better? No matter what anyone says, what the comparisons and tests are, whether it’s criticized or praised… Look at the finds! It’s only these ones that will tell you the truth about the machine. Here is a photo report ‘Walking with Minelab X-Terra’ submitted by commenter CyberBoom. The photos are great – those who go out metal detecting know these feelings all too well. Continue reading
Are you willing to dig up the graves? An amateur treasure hunter unearthed a neck-ring in a field in Cambridgeshire, UK. Made of gold, weighing 730 grams. As for its type, it’s really a gigantic find that is presumably more than 3,000 years old. See the photo: this is a treasure hunter’s true fortune. Continue reading
Almost any hoard is saturated with fear… Having amassed possessions, you are afraid all these things can be taken away from you. You might run away, but you can’t take it with you. After stealing something, you want to tuck it away. Or, when going on a hike, you don’t have anybody to entrust your inheritance into his care… In each case, when burying a hoard, people also dug their own fears along with it into the soil. Continue reading